National Emergency In India

सार

To impose the national emergency, the Council of Ministers headed by the Prime Minster have to recommend in writing, to the President of India to do the same. And to uphold the prevailing spirit of democracy in the Houses of Parliament, the provision has been made that the said proclamation has to be approved by both the Houses of Parliament within 30 days. But in case, the Lok Sabha stands dissolved during that period, then it has to approve the proclamation within 30 days in its first sitting provided that the upper house has approved the same in the meantime. Now, since the very nature of imposition of emergency will cause disruptions in administration, as well as, in common man’s life, the duration of the emergency has been fixed to six months with a provision for extension of it by every 6 months. Further, the houses of law making at both levels, that is centre and state shall be extended for one year at a time, provided that they shall cease to exist after six months of cessation of emergency and fresh elections shall have to be held.